Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19

tion Of our consumption Of wheat athome
both they and the millers viii b ruined
The day will surely come when the people
will learn that it may be cheaper to sivs
| Cd. for q loaf grown at home than Id. fol
one grown abroad to tho displacement o
home industries. II our producing indus
tries are protected they will flourish and
develop; if they are left to the invasion o
the products OF foreign labor through oper
ports, they will wither and die-thsy ART
/ almost dead now" The stocks OF grain al
New York at this date are 13,749, 942
bushels Price of No. 2 winter wheat
1925 to $500. Daily receipts for week al
Milwaukee, $4,000 bushels. Daily mill
production, 1000 barrels.
Business is fair at Boston. Dry goods
are remarkably active. Boot and shoe
manufacturing is obstructed by labor
strikes. Leather 10 dull. Wool is steady
The lumber market is quiet. At Chicago
iron and steel are firm. Stocks of provis'
ions are reported small. At st. Louis,
hardware staples are advancing and the
winter trade generally active. At New Or.
leans there is q reported revival of specula-
ton.
Trade combinations throughout the
country, and with q confidence that they
will not only be more necessary than last
year, but o successful. Last year bust.
ness men, manufacturers and others were
extremely anxious to secure business and
whitfield down margins, especially during
the eight months Of the year, for that pur-
pose. This year prices are advancing,
manufactured establishments are largely
ovsrsold, material is hard to get promptly,
and consumers OF all kinds of material are
willing to carry larger stocks than last
year, because OF the certainty OF selling.
These conditions have transformed the
whole business situation. Yet there are
indications that strong combinations will
be necessary to prevent q renewal OF the
cutting competition which reduced mareins
and profits last year to q very low point.
No doubt there will be az many failures
this year as last and that the number OF
ten thousand, including only those doing
business with q capital Of over 5000, will
be reached.
The coal producers east and west expect
to renew their strong combinations of last
year, but in the east it is probable that
terms will be made with workmen which
will be acceptable at the Columbus Con-
vention. In the east the Anthracite Com
bination has not yet made known its plans
or purposes. The coal handlers strike
will not seriously interfere with the intended
programme. Throughout the west a large
amount OF coal territory will be opened up
this season and the supply will bs greatly
increased.
The manufacturers in general have a
larger supply Of orders in hand at this
date than a year ago, and according to the
reports received from travelling agents all
over the country, the influx of orders OF
every kind of material will be one-half
than last winter. This will have
the effect OF keeping prices very firm in all
Wholesale markets and correspondingly
firm in distributing markets.
The iron and steel industries are in a
very healthy condition, and on account of
the continued activity among consumers
who seem to a%pprehend a farther advance
in prices. Already rel BOO, 900 tons of
steel and other material have been con-
5racted for, for importation, and it is prob
able that the last years figures of 800, 900
IONS OF Importation will be increased to
200, 600 tons this year. The American
manufacturers do not fear this rush of ma
'erial. but will take steps to supply the
demand. The same is true in textile
GODS. The increased importations of GER
ain kinds of goods during the past few
months has stimulated American manufac-
urers to renewed and more earnest efforts,
in consequence the army of travelling
gents now on the road are displaying finer
ines of dress goods, woolens and worsteds
nd hosiery than were ever shown by
american statesmen.
Throughout New England a very active
ldustrial condition is reported at this
ate. With very few exceptions all OF the
concerns are in full opera
ion. In a large number of instances ad-
itions are being added, and more power is
eing put in in the shape of very large en-
mes OF the finest type. Employers are
lso building houses for their workers,
nding this a profitable investment. In
meantime the cotton manufacturing
is developing rapidly in Georgia. ;
ct there seems to be no serious interior
ice from that source because OF the extra
demand which has presented it.
upon all sides.
The total number of workmen on strike
New York and vicinity is put at 40, 900.
nee January LIST $1,000 men have struck
lroughout the country, az against Al, 200
lring a similar period last year. Besides
'ese, $1,000 workers in factories are idle
, account of coal, or 1O4. 900 in all. Out Il
eight of last years strikes, four ended '
favor OF the ITO men employed. Dur !,
g January ninety strikes were started, /,
volving $4,000 men; OF these ~thirty-two
I'VE euded, twenty-five were successful, b
ne failed, involving 5000 men. a
This is the way a Mobile mechanic looks i
ION Northern men and Northern capital z
ming there: 1.-The hungry vampires of e.
Q North are s~tealthily creeping down : .
nth, and have already crept as far as o
I can act when the time e,
mes to act" A Newport, KY. man p
ys: Enemies OF labor are everywhere a.
in their glee over the favorable "
for the humiliation of labor fa
These exaggerated statements O
ould not find place in reputable labor T
FINALS. Tho American public and the q
erage capitalist and employer welcome -
'anization among laborers as a meaust to Il;
end. OF
jewellers, silversmiths, ensravers. u
Ainmakers and ~watch-case makers oil the y
tied States will probably form a separ. n,
district assembly. The membership pa
oughout the United States is said to be A,
90. A meeting was recently held at i'll
vark. New Jersey, to discuss the matter. en-
Key West, Florida, there are four Cuban W.
l three American assemblies. One of Or
Cuban assemblies has q membership of tn